MEXICO DRINKS INDUSTRY GROWS GLOBAL REPUTATION FOR EXPORT SALES
May 1st, 2010
BY PACIFICA GODDARD
According to the US department of agriculture (USDA), about 70% of the 2.5 billion litres of fruit and vegetable juices sold in Mexico in 2009 were produced domestically. Mexico exported USdollar USD266.99 million worth of juices in 2009, compared to USD308.23 million in 2008 and USD247.29 million in 2007, according the UN Comtrade database. Mexico's main export market for juice is the United States, which absorbed 72% of Mexico's juice exports in 2009, followed by the Netherlands (9%) and Japan (3.5%).
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